Just how much crap is on the roads?
 

I recently had new tyres fitted so thought I would chance it between showers to scrub them in. things don't always go as planned so I ended up riding through a couple of medium showers which gave the roads a good soaking. On the way home I ended up following traffic for about 10 miles so had spray to contend with,dirty visor OK but the bike was absolutely filthy,to the stage it was grey,not green.You could barely see the headlights.

Purpose of the post being to remind you to not just clean your visor but give your headlights a wipe so that you can be clearly seen

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Seems to be lots of tractors/lorries spreading mud on the road too right now. Was out yesterday and the amount of times I had to back off due to patches of the stuff across the whole carriageway was unreal. As it's warmed up a bit all of the construction sites seem to have got going again and the recent rain has just transferred the surface of most sites onto the neighbouring roads. And then there is the disolving road surfaces leaving gravel all over the place...

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Yep the grime has built up.
sorry to say we need some heavy rain .

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Yep, the roads need a good drenching to get rid of all the salt that's been sprayed on them

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GSR isnt coming out until we've had a deluge. I sort of thought we'd have one over the weekend but its not been enough to take that grey film off the road. GSR is too pretty to come out yet :)

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Two days of heavy showers have cleaned the salt off the roads around here, so things are improving.

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I took all the ACF 50 off mine .
Thinking of re doing it.

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In 4 years of driving i havent known the winter ****e to carry on so long..tyres still looking a bit whiteish from salt sometimes, in april!

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80 miles on Friday left this:
http://i582.photobucket.com/albums/s...s/P1020412.jpg
and this:
http://i582.photobucket.com/albums/s...s/P1020407.jpg
and this:
http://i582.photobucket.com/albums/s...s/P1020410.jpg
and this:
http://i582.photobucket.com/albums/s...s/P1020409.jpg
http://i582.photobucket.com/albums/s...s/P1020410.jpg
At least should get a decent potato crop!

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Ok my 80 mile jaunt doesnt feel so dirty after that..